[or-roots] Luper Cemetery Update

[W David Samuelsen]

a grove of trees in middle of a farm is usually telltale location of a 
small cemetery.

David Samuelsen

barbhg1221 at comcast.net wrote:
> I did find the Luper Cemetery on Sunday, but it was not an easy process.  Across Prairie Road from 91184 Prairie Road, Junction City is a locked access gate just as David Samuelsen said.  It appears that the property inside the locked gate belongs to the City of Eugene.  There was a Luper Cemetery sign with a contact phone number, but I only got a recording which means it is very likely that it is the phone number of someone that works for the City of Eugene.  
> 
> I had found and Denise mentioned Beacon Drive as the address of the cemetery.  Beacon Drive intersects Prairie Road to the south of the above mentioned access gate.  Along Beacon Drive, I found another Luper Cemetery sign and access road.  Again it was locked, but there was a walk through gate - so I did.  I still could see no sign of any cemetery!!  I walked for approx 1/2 mile on a very nice gravel road, not seeing any sign of any cemetery, but, at last there was another sign pointing to a wooded area with an unlocked small gate.  As I went through the gate, I was having second thoughts as it was very wooded with only a 10-12 inch pathway cleared through the woods.  I was probably into the woods 100-200 feet before I saw the first gravestone.  Someone has cleared very a narrow pathway to some of the gravestones, but it is entirely under a canopy of trees.  I did not find the person that I was looking for, but I did not stay too long either.  I was a little concerned abou
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> here by myself, and everything was so overgrown that only the upright gravestones stood out.
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> Barbara Herring
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> From: barbhg1221 at comcast.net 
> 
> Thanks, David.  I should be able to find it from that.  I know where Meadowview Road intersects Prairie Road so I should be able to find it.  I will be in the area Memorial weekend and am hoping that the gate will be unlocked.  
> Barbara Herring
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> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: W David Samuelsen <dsam at sampubco.com> 
> 
> 
>>Luper is official name but the unoffical names are: 
>>Baker 
>>Baker Family 
>>IOOF (Irving) 
>>Looper 
>>
>>The access is usually LOCKED. 
>>
>>Cemetery is not listed in USGS' map website. 
>>
>>Cemetery access is direct opposite 91184 Prairie Road, Junction City 
>>about one mile south of junction of Meadowview Road and Prairie Road. 
>>
>>This is according to Oregon Burial Site Guide 
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>>Use Mapblast.com or Mapquest.com for directions to the place. 
>>
>>restoration of this cemetery was started in 1992. 
>>
>>David Samuelsen 
>>
>>barbhg1221 at comcast.net wrote: 
>>
>>>Does anyone know how to get to the Luper Cemetery near Eugene? I know that it 
>>
>>is in the Irving area on the north side of Eugene, supposedly not too far from 
>>Hwy 99W, but I don't know it's exact location or how to get there. 
>>
>>>Barbara Herring